Chapter 13: Expenditure Cycle Flashcards
The Expenditure Cycle
the end to end processes necessary to procure services or products in exchange for cash. Give cash, Get goods/services
4 steps to the expenditure cycle
- Place Order of materials, supplies, and services
- Receive service or products
- Approving supplier invoices - process invoice
- Pay Cash
Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)
Predetermined order quantities when stock drops to replenishment level
Material Required Planning (MRP)
Schedule production and purchasing based on sales forecasts
Just in Time Inventory (JIT)
Minimize inventory and build to order instead of build to plan (eliminated finished goods)
Purchase Requisition
the need to purchase goods or supplies that identifies the requisitioner; specifies the delivery location and date needed; id the numbers descriptions quantity and price of each item requested and may suggest a supplier.
Inaccurate Inventory records
- perpetual inventory system
- barcoding and RFID
- Periodic phyiscal counts of inventory
Purchasing items not needed
- perpetual inventory system
- review and approval of purchase requistions
- centralized purchasing function
Purchasing at inflated prices1
- price lists
- competative bidding
- review of PO
- budgets
Purchasing goods of inferior value
- purchasing only from approved suppliers
- review and approval of purchases from new suppliers
- holding purchasing managers responsible for rework and scrap costs
- tracking and monitoring product quality by supplier
Unreliable suppliers
requireping quality certification
collecting and monitoring supplier delivery performance data
Purchasing from unauthorized suppliers
- maintin a list of approved suppliers
- review and approve of purcahses form new suppliers
- EDI specific controls
Kickbacks
- require purchasing agent to disclose financial and personal interests in suppliers
- train employes how to respond to gifts from suppliers
- job rotation and mandatory vacations
- Supplier audits
who places the purchasing order
purchasing agent (Seg of duties)
what is an authorization control in purchasing
supervisor and manager approves the purchase requisition
purchasing order
a document or electronic form that formally requests a supplier to sell and deliver specified products at designated prices. A promise to pay and become a contract once the supplier accepts
blanket purchase order
commitment to purchase specified items at designated prices from a particular supplier for a set time period (often a year),
Vendor Managed Inventory
reduces purchase and inventory costs by outsoursing much of the inventory control and purchasing function: suppliers are given access to sales and inventory data and are authorized to automatically replenish inventory when stocks fall to predetermined reorder points.
Reverse Auctions
reduces purchasing-related expenses. Suppliers compete with one another to meet demand at lower price.
Pre-awarded audit
typically for large purchases that involve formal bids by suppliers. Internal auditor vists each potential supplier who has made the final cut in teh contracting process to verify the accuracy of its bit.
kickbacks
gifts from suppliers to purchasing agents for the purpose of influencing their choice of suppliers.